35 Association services, namely, promoting the interests of insurance and financial services agents and brokers; political action committee services, namely, promoting the interests of insurance and financial services agents and brokers in the field of politics; lobbying services and grassroots advocacy, namely, promoting the interests of insurance and financial services agents and brokers in the field of politics, legislation, and regulation; promoting awareness of the need for diversity in the insurance and financial services industry; business services in the nature of promoting and providing advice, strategies and business procedures to enhance workflow and efficiency of insurance and financial services agents and brokers; public relations; providing business services resources for insurance and financial services agents and brokers, namely, employment placement services, namely, resume matching and job posting services; providing market intelligence benchmarking information and business and marketing strategies that guide in improving agency and brokerage performance in the insurance and financial services industries; promotion of insurance and financial services on behalf of third parties; organization of business conventions, conferences, and trade shows in the field of insurance and financial services; public advocacy on behalf of insurance and financial services agents and brokers to promote awareness of business, legal and regulatory matters that affect insurance and financial services agents and brokers in the insurance and financial services industries; consulting in the field of public advocacy services on behalf of insurance and financial services agents and brokers to promote awareness of business, legal and regulatory matters that affect insurance and financial services agents and brokers in the insurance and financial services industries; providing information and news in the field of business, namely, information and news on current events and on economic, legislative, regulatory, legal, business, and technology developments as they relate to and can impact businesses in the insurance and financial services fields; providing links to websites of others featuring consumer information in the insurance and financial services industries; providing an online database of contact information for independent insurance and financial services agents and brokers for use by consumers to locate an agent or broker; providing information to promote awareness of business, legal and legislative issues facing the insurance and financial services industries; market research services in the fields of insurance and financial services; business risk management and consulting services related thereto; business research in the insurance industry; arranging and conducting business conferences and special events for business purposes to inform insurance agents and brokers about legislative and business issues that affect their business environment; public advocacy on behalf of insurance and financial services agents and brokers to promote awareness of legal and regulatory matters that affect insurance and financial services agents and brokers in the insurance and financial services industries